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I remember discussing the 1960 Presidential election with my father after watching the T.V. Presidential debates, trying to decide who would make the better President, Richard Nixon or John Kennedy. Both candidates had similar positions on issues. Though inexperienced, Kennedy was youthful, energetic, and good-looking, and came across very well on television. Nixon was more dour and did not look good on T.V. However, my dad and I thought that Nixon’s experience trumped Kennedy’s and that this was the most important factor to consider.

Of course, Kennedy was elected President and, aside from his mishandling of the “Bay of Pigs” fiasco, governed well. Although his father, Joseph Kennedy, bought the election for his son by buying votes in Cook County, Illinois, as well as in Texas, President Kennedy, aside from his womanizing, was basically an honest and effective President, and consequently is still beloved to this day by many millions of people. President Kennedy was one of the first presidents to cut taxes to stimulate the economy, something that no Democrat President would do today.

President Lyndon Johnson

Upon President Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, Vice-President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as President and served out the remainder of Kennedy’s first term. His escalation of the Vietnamese war was unpopular but his Civil Rights legislation was (legislation that President Kennedy originated). Johnson allegedly said that “this will have the N****** voting Democrat for 200 years. African-Americans had been previously voting Republican for 100 years after Republican President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation (the Democrat Party was the party of slavery, the Klu Klux Klan, and Jim Crow laws).

President Jimmy Carter

After Republican Gerald Ford became President when Richard Nixon resigned in 1974, Jimmy Carter became the next Democrat President in 1976. Both inflation and interest rates skyrocketed under the Carter Administration, and when Carter persuaded the Shah of Iran to allow the Ayitolla Khomeni out of exile in Paris and back into Iran, Khomeni quickly fomented revolution and took over Iran. 52 hostages were taken from the U.S. embassy in Tehran, were held for 444 days, and only released 30 minutes after Republican Ronald Reagan was sworn in as President in 1981. Reagan reduced tax rates (which resulted in the Gross Domestic Product of the U.S. doubling in 10 years), strengthened the military (including the Strategic Defense Initiative, “Star Wars”), and cut back Federal regulations. All of these got the economy booming. Republican President George H.W. Bush subsequently served as president from 1988 to 1992 and had U.S. troops push Saddam Hussein’s troops out of Kuwait and back to Iraq in the first Gulf War.

President Bill Clinton with First Lady Hillary Clinton

Democrat Bill Clinton became President in 1992, governed as a moderate, and was considered a successful President despite his tryst with White House intern, Monica Lewinsky. Under his Presidency there were 4 years of Federal budget surpluses, thanks mostly to Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, and Budget Committee Chairman, John Kasich.

After George W. Bush served as President from 2000 to 2008, Democrat Barrack Obama became President in 2008 on a slogan of “Hope and Change,” after serving as a U.S. Senator from Illinois for 2 years, and moved the Democrat Party to the far left. He was re-elected in 2012 and served as President for four more years. As President, Obama pushed through the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) that mandated very poor healthcare unaffordable for most people except those receiving subsidies. In addition, Obama pushed the Dodd-Frank law that destroyed 40% of community banks, shut down many coal-fired generating plants and consequently lost about one million jobs, wasted billions from the Federal budget by investing in failed “green energy” “kick-back”plants like Solyndra, emphasized man-made climate change instead of sun-caused climate change, increased the National debt from $9 trillion to $19 trillion, decreased the strength of the military to its weakest in decades, did not leave a small residual military force in Iraq which resulted in terrorists regaining a strong foothold in the region, negotiated a really stupid deal with Iran which would have led to nuclear proliferation in the Middle East and possibly a nuclear war, and did not take the threat from ISIS seriously, etc., etc., etc.

President Barrack Obama

On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump was sworn in as President and has implemented policies which grew the economy to over 4% GDP growth after only about one and a half years in office. This after eight years of President Obama having an average of 1.9% GDP growth. The stock market went from about 18,000 Dow Jones Industrial Average to over 25,000 in less than one year of the Trump Presidency. Finally, President Trump and the Republicans in Congress significantly cut taxes on individuals, businesses and corporations which resulted in the economy growing at an unbelievable rate to the extent that I believe that budget deficits will disappear by the end of 2024.

All of these accomplishments benefited almost all Americans, especially the working and middle classes. However, the Democrat Party fought against all of these instead of championing for them as it would have before the turn of this century. Today, the Democrat Party is for open borders, Sanctuary Cities, high taxes, late-term abortions, Socialism, government-run healthcare, and against ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), law enforcement, gun ownership, low taxes, and the military.

From Conservative Democrat President John Kennedy to Far-Left Democrat President Barrack Obama, the Democrat Party is no longer the Political Party that your father might have voted for.

What do movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, Senator Al Frankin, Congressman John Conners, and President Donald J. Trump, all have in common? All have been accused of sexual harrassment! From hearing victims’ sexual harassment stories, I believe it’s very important to first clearly define exactly what sexual harassment is. Having done EEO counseling collateral-duty (part-time) while working full-time as a program analyst with the U.S. Department of the Interior, I’m familiar with the clear definition of sexual harassment by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, at 29 C.F.R. 1604.11, as follows:

Sexual Harassment is conduct in the form of “unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature” when such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostlite, or offensive working environment.”

Except for its legal implications, it’s not important to someone who feels harassed, frightened, or intimidated, whether s/he has been technically and legally sexually harassed. The following very relevant quote is taken from an article by Mortimer Zuckerman that appeared in the May 23, 1994, issue of US News and World Report:

“That sexual harassment exists is unquestionable, but that many acts of sexual misconduct are overdramatized is also true. To avoid trivializing those who suffer the real thing, we must reject the idea that any unwanted advance or remark constitutes harassment. There is a difference between an unwanted encounter, which may upset a woman, and pressure applied — such as threatening a woman’s job security — or ongoing demeaning treatment. Those wrongly accused have their own ordreal in trying to prove a negative.”

When I was working for a U.S. Department of the Interior bureau in Denver in 1991, I also belonged to a public speaking club where someone accused me of “inappropriate behavior.” Moreover, even before hearing my rebuttal, the club voted me out, whereupon I hired a lawyer to help me get my “due process” rights that were listed in the club’s charter. In working through the details of the case, the accuser could not cite any examples of what I did that was inappropriate. I sought advice from many people on how to handle the incident. The psychiatrist I consulted advised that, since the woman had recently went through a horrible divorce, she was taking out her anger on me. I also read many books on communication problems, including the excellent, You Just Don’t Understand, by Deborah Tannen.

CONCLUSION

Both men and women need to learn how to deal with sexual harassment. Men need to understand that women can destroy their lives and therefore they need to be more considerate of women’s feelings and perceptions and educate themselves on how and when many women become uncomfortable with some of their actions, such as using foul language, coming on too strong, and being too aggressive. One of man’s basic evolutionary roles was to protect women; it’s wrong to harass them.

Women need to educate themselves on sexual harassment and how to handle various situations in a manner that eliminates the problem with a minimum of anguish.

Finally, for those trying to judge what the truth is in a potential sexual harassment encounter, remember to not completely believe anyone regardless of his/her gender; just follow the evidence.